Monday, March 4, 2013

Changes

I finally confused the Amazon search engine and it has no
idea what kind of ads to send me.

For years, my primary purchases from the online giant were
children’s books. Now my kids are grown and they buy their own stuff.

Last December, I spent a week searching for a robe for my
mom, but never found the right one. I’ve shopped for gifts for hubby. I’m
bought my fair share of romance novels. And in the past year, I’ve ordered more
college textbooks than I wanted, but with kids in college, I had no choice. Those
books ran the gamut of subjects.

When I see an email from Amazon in my inbox, I never know
what to expect.

I do know my reading habits have changed over the years, and
their computer needs to go with the flow.

As a young teen, I read stuff from the school library and
books I could find in the local grocery store—mainly Harlequin fare (I’m
telling my age, but it was when they only had one line.) and they were fast
reads.

I moved on to science fiction in high school and lingered
there for years (the genre, not the school) because I found lots of romance
cleverly cloaked in fantasy and sci-fi from writers like Anne McCafferey. In
fact, most of her books are still on the shelf in my office.

Several years ago, in a moment of high stress, I reached for
a romance, sure it would be an enjoyable read and end in a happily-ever-after,
something I desperately needed that day. I haven’t strayed since then, reading
all types of romance from dozens of great writers. I could list my favorites
but this post would go on for miles.

Speaking of change, the biggest leap I made recently was
from the ‘I must have a book in my hand’ camp to ‘I can’t live without my
ereader’ camp, and in my mind, it was a huge step. I should take a moment to
apologize to all those friends and authors who tried to change my mind a few
years ago, when I was adamant about not giving up my paperbacks. They know who
they are, and I buy their books regularly.

1 comment:

As for changes...sorta kinda--I'm determined to do more around the outside of my house in a timely fashion. Like, hey, guess what--all the leaves are raked up and bagged and have been put on the street on trash day!! This is huge.